A volunteer fireman stares into the blaze of a forest fire that broke out unexpectedly in Washington, Va.
Battle Mountain in Amissville, Va after a forest fire was extinguished.
A volunteer "scrubs out" remaining embers on Battle Mountain. Multiple forest fires broke out on the same day in March 2024 stoked by high winds.
A log on fire on Battle Mountain in Amissville, Va.
A volunteer fireman walks along the edge of a dying blaze on Battle Mountain.
Volunteers work to keep a forest fire off of the roadway on Route 211 near Washington, Va.
Burning underbrush in Washington, Va.
View from Madison County of smoke produced by the Quaker Run WIldfire in the Shenandoah National Park in November 2023.
James Cochran, a firefighter from Spainville, Va. and part of a crew putting out remaining embers along the fire line at the Rapidan Wildlife Management Area.
Squad boss John Rose (center) helps his crew "scrub out" remaining embers in underbrush along the fire containment line.
Rose shows a pile of duff, a flammable layer of decomposing organic materials on the forest floor.
John Rose and Brian Lacey work on a water tank.
Squad boss John Rose extinguishes smoldering duff with a shovel.
Birds fly through smoke produced by the Quaker Run Fire.